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Halloween
January 1, 2020
NON-TRICKY TIPS FOR A SPOOKY SAFE HALLOWEEN
DON’T trick-or-treat, hand out treats, or go to a party if you are feeling ill (even if symptoms are mild) or in isolation/quarantine.
Trick-or-treating
• Choose costumes that allow your child to wear a nonmedical mask. They can wear a mask underneath a
Halloween mask as long as they can see and breathe comfortably. Make sure it’s comfortable so your child won’t need to adjust it.
• Go only with family or cohort members and keep a healthy distance from others.
• Stay in your community to limit the number of people you come into contact with.
• Carry hand sanitizer and use it after touching touch-points like doorbells or railings.
• If you can, knock instead of pushing doorbells, or keep 2 metres from the door or porch and call “trick or treat”. Make sure the person calling is wearing a mask.
• Wait until you’re home and have washed your hands before handling candy.
Handing out candy
• Print posters from Alberta.ca to hang in your window or place on your door to let trick-or-treaters know if you’re handing out treats this year or not.
• Wear a mask and use tongs or a grabber.
• Keep a healthy distance from trick-or-treaters. If possible, hand out candy from the driveway, open garage, or lawn instead of your front door.
• Ask trick-or-treaters to knock instead of ringing the doorbell.
• If you are indoors (school, apartment building, or mall) use a table or desk to keep a safe distance from trick-or-treaters (e.g. school classroom, apartment building, mall) alberta.ca/covid19
• Avoid handling treats
- Use prepackaged candy (no homemade treats)
- Hand treats out directly from the package they came in
- Don’t leave self-serve bowls of bulk candy
- Make candy bundles/bags and space them out on a
table or blanket for trick-or-treaters to take
• Get creative! Build a candy slide down your front steps or railing! Build a (safe) candy catapult! There are many fun ways to hand out treats while maintaining physical distance.
Attending a party (adults and kids)
• Spend time with people you know. The smaller the group
the better.
• If possible, host your party outside. It’s easier to keep a healthy distance between guests and there’s better air circulation. (See guidance for “Outdoor Events”)
• If the party is indoors, keep it small and maintain 2 metres away from people in other families and cohorts. (See guidance for “Indoor Events”)
• Don’t share drinks, snacks, cigarettes, vapes or cannabis – and no bobbing for apples!
• Choose games and activities that don’t involve sharing items, and allow for distancing.
- Set up art and craft stations so that each guest has their own materials (no sharing).
- Instead of face painting, hand out temporary tattoos or stickers that guests can put on themselves.
- Make sure any shared items are sanitized between uses.
- Wash or sanitize your hands often. Have hand sanitizer easily accessible.
